Vehicle-road.



C. PEEL.

VEHICLE ROAD.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.5. 1916.

Patented Oct. 17, 1916.

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, SpecificationY of Letters'lf'atent.

Patented oetiagioi'e.

v AApplication ledAugu'st 5, 1916, Serial No. 113,232.

'To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER PEEL,a citizen of the United `States,`rresiding `at Coscob, in the county of FairfieldI and vState of Connecticut, `have invented certain :new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Roads, ofvwhich the following isY a specification.

My inventionwhile applicable to vehicle road-ways generally,-is designed more especiallyfor use oir countryV and other roads lacking adaptability to automobile' traffic, and the traction-of heavyvehicles,-the object being to incorporate with and ina relatively saloose, soft graded road bed, rigid parallel tracksor runways iny such'imanner that f the road bed 'will be reinforced yand rendered more :durable-while at the same time continuous, even, smooth, hardcontact surfaces will'be provided for vehicle wheels, thereby furthenprotecting and conserving the road as an entirety, and facilitating and rendering morev comfortable' traiiic thereon.

'llherlinvention consists essentially? in embedding longitudinally in the graded road bed parallel tracks or wheel-runways the tops ofwhicli are'flush 'with'the road bed, or substantially sof-eachiof saidtracks beingformed lof L-shaped side Amembersffthe horizontal flanges of which are inturned, said side members being braced: andspaced apart 'by intermediate stays `rigidly (secured thereto, andthe longitudinal casingsl thus formed beingifilled level with concrete, cement or other plastic material adapted to set, and vthus constitute with the rigid casing a relatively hard permanent? track or-` runway kfor the wheels of-vehicles traversing the road,-the parallel tracks thus provided also performing the additional Ifunction of confining and sustaining -v the intermediate central portion of the road-way so as to prevent washlou'ts,Wlateral displacement and deterioration, and thus afford a sure and safe foot-hold for horses and other animals between said tracks, all as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l, is a more or less diagrammatic representation of a top view of a portion of a roadway constructed in accordance with my invention, parts being broken away or removed to show details; Fig; 2, is a transverse sectional elevation taken upon plane of line 2 2, Fig. l, but on a larger scale, the left hand track being partly broken away to sho-w one of the stays connecting the side members of the: casing g; Fig. 3, is'a detailof Ythe abutting ends of two -side members,

showing the'transverse stays in'crosssection.

v'In -the drawings B, represents the bed ofia country road Pgraded;y to f someA extent 4but otherwisev 'lacking hardness@ and smoothness sufficient to adapt it to the requirements of -a'utomobile'land' heavy -vehicle traffic. .In -thisrelatively soft 'primitive bed '.(althou'gh 'I do 'not :limit myself' in' this` respect)v B, I

counter-sink or embed my parallel traction- `Aways'lv/T, NV, the distance between their longitudinal `centers'being equal to thek average or-standard distance between the'wheels on opposite sides of ordinary. vehicles. Y.The width 'of the traction-ways W, hispreferably sufficient to l.afford suitable lateral 'lee-'way and. toicompensate'for all variations in the wheelfgage, etc.

' yThe traction-ways WV, W, consist of paralglel longitudinal casings formed of sidemembers to, w, rigidlyl united' by cross rodsor stays w', w, and aiillmg 'm2, of cement,` concrete or other suitablewmaterial adapted: to

be applied'inpa fluid o r semi-fluid state or condition, and to.fset andv harden toform a `rigid" mass 'practically integral with 'its casl l ing fw, w, w lLa.

The preferred. form of casingais .that illustratedin the drawings, inwhich boththe -s1de=member w, w, and the connecting `stays w', w, consist of rectangulariLeshaped an- 'glefirom-thehorizontal iianges ofthe side members w, iw, being inturned toward each 'otherto formm'oreor less of arcasingbotwhich function `they 'are aided i by the? 'cross bars yorzbinders to', fw', which` are boltedA to I said `'horizontal gflanges .ofY the Vside members 10, w, andwofavhichl a sufiicientmumberiare incorporated in thel structure to insure strength andV rigidityof casing. LAAtf-`least Fig. l, thereby distributing any possible lateral strain on the filling wz, which in reality becomes a rigid core uniting and stiffening the several sections of casing.

In situations where the conditions of the road bed render it desirable the parallel c traction-Ways W, 'W, may be positively p coupled together by means of anchor -rods r, r, connected toopposed inner side members w, fw, as indicated in Figs. l, and 2,f said anchor rods "1', r, being embedded in Athe `-road bed between the traction-Ways W, W; In this manner the perfect alinenient and parallelism of 'the traction-Ways VV,W, be Vattained and maintained, and the road bed, especially that portion vbetween the ltiaction-ivays WV, W,

drawing vehicles ,forced and conserved intact against lateral ltravel Vfor obvious reasons. V1t is comparatively inexpensive in initial which constitutes the foot-Wayfor horses over. the road, reinspreading, or disintegrating from causes which ordinarilyimpair the shape and util- Y ity of country roads and the like. My country road thus reinforced and. stabilized is adapted to all the ordinary requirements of heavy traiic and especially to automobile Furthermore,

crete filling may be topped with a softer -material, such as a composition containing asphaltor the like, to afford an elastic resilient contact surface. p

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

l. -A roadway of the character designated, comprising'a relatively soft graded road bed in which are embedded parallel longitudinal kwheeltraction-Ways eachconsisting of opposed inturned side members L-shaped in lcross section braced and spaced apart by medial stays, the longitudinal casings thus formed being filled level with concrete, cement or other suitable material adapted to set and form with the casing a hard, rigid Wheel track and road reinforcement, for the purpose set forth.

2. `A roadway of the character designated, comprising a relatively soft graded road bed in which are embedded parallel longitudinal wheel traction-Ways each consisting of opposed inturned side members L-shaped in cross section braced and spaced apart by medial stays, the longitudinal casings thus formed being filled level with concrete, ce-

`ment or other suitable material adaptedy to set and forni with the casing a-hard, rigid wheel track and road reinforcement, said parallel track casings being coupled together and spaced apart by intermediate anchor rods embedded inthe road bed between the traction-Ways, for the purpose described.

3. A roadway of the character designated, comprising a relatively soft graded road bed in yvhichare embedded parallel longitudinal Wheel traction-Ways each consisting of suitable lengths of opposed inturned side members L-shaped in cross section, said side members overlapping or breaking joints as related to each other and being braced and spaced apart by medial stays, and the longitudinal casings thus formed being filled level With concrete, cementor other suitable material adapted to set and form with the casing a hard, rigid Wheel track Vand road reinforcement, for the purpose set forth. a

4. A roadway of the character designated, comprising a relatively soft graded road bed and parallel traction-Ways embedded therein consisting of longitudinal casings filled level `with cement, concrete or other suitable material adapted to set and form a rigid structure having a hard relatively smooth surface adapted to wheel traffic, for the purpose described.

' CHRISTOPHER PEEL. lVitnesses:

Guo. WVM. MIAT'r, DOROTHY MiA'r'r,

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